RICHARD YOUNGS

We are thrilled to release the official digital soundtrack for the new Magnolia Pictures movie Drinking Buddies written and directed by Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs, Alexander the Last). The soundtrack features Jagjaguwar artists Foxygen, Richard Youngs, and also Richard Swift, Here We Go Magic, Night Beds, Plants And Animals, and more. Get a preview of the album by hearing Richard Swift’s “Lady Luck” above or here on YouTube.

Richard Youngs recently released a new electronic 12″ via London-based record label Alter. Titled Rurtain, the a-side features two long-form works. Neil Campbell (Astral Social Club), John Clyde-Evans and Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) lend their musical talents to the album’s b-side, each sharing their own remix on Richard’s originals. It’s a limited release – only 300 copies available! Order yours from Alter. Listen to “Rurtain (Shonny Don).”

To celebrate the new release, Alter is hosting a special event at Cafe Oto on October 19 with an exclusive trio performance from Richard Youngs, Neil Campbell and John Clyde-Evans. Details HERE.

“It finds Youngs operating in a mode that’s several leagues from the poppier sounds of his best known work (the likes of Beyond The Valley of Ultrahits). Instead its longform title track, split into two parts – ‘Rurtain (Shonny Don)’ and ‘Rurtain (Keyomarno)’, finds him collaging percussion, wisps of his own voice and stately organ figures into disorienting and immersive patchwork quilt electronica.” – The Quietus

Check out the new video for Richard Youngs’ “Furrows Again” off of his latest release Amplifying Host. The video premiered this morning on Tiny Mix Tapes who gave Amplifying Host their coveted EUREKA tag and say “those who are willing to submerge themselves in less predictable experiences from a musician whose compositional practices are anything but routine will find much to enjoy here.” The new video was directed by Naomi Yang of Damon & Naomi. And for anybody curious in learning more about Richard Youngs The Quietus did a super in-depth interview w/ Richard this week which you can read HERE.

Today marks the release of Richard Youngs’ eleventh Jagjaguwar release Amplifying Host. Over his long career we have gotten to know Youngs’ music intimately, yet he still never ceases to surprise us. As Dusted Magazine puts it Youngs is “one of the few modern songwriters to actively challenge his own preconceptions of his art.”

All this week you can stream Amplifying Host at Spinner.com RIGHT HERE.

Hear what Spin Magazine says evokes “the moonlit tumbleweed vistas of an acid Western.” The Onion calls “Amplifying Host‘s gaunt improvisation and gauzy textures orbit atonality even as they sketch the silhouette of a haunted, dust-blown folk.” And Tiny Mix Tapes in a particularly beautiful and personal review says “Youngs’ music sounds broken here, but as with Jandek’s utterly unique take on rock ‘n’ roll its brokeness creates a sound that is thrillingly expressive in its difficulty.”